Thermoforms Conference 2025 “PET Thermoforms Circularity:
How can collection & sorting of PET Thermoforms be improved?”

Dear Participants of the PETCORE EUROPE Thermoforms Conference in Dijon,

It has been an absolute pleasure to meet and engage with so many of you at the PETCORE EUROPE Thermoforms Conference 2025. On behalf of the entire PETCORE EUROPE team, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your time, active participation, and insightful contributions. Your involvement played a crucial role in making this event such a success, and we sincerely hope you found it to be as enriching and inspiring as we did.

“Looking ahead, Dijon 2025 marks yet another significant milestone in PETCORE EUROPE's commitment to advancing tray circularity—a mission we continue to prioritize, building on the success of Bologna in 2023 and Granada 2024.

This year’s conference wouldn't have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors: Gold Sponsors: AMUT, Eagle Vizion, HydroDyn, Sorema Previero, Sukano & Silver Sponsor: Evertis.

A special thank you goes to our speakers and attendees, whose collaboration created an invaluable environment for knowledge exchange, professional networking, and cross-sector dialogue among Institutions, Brand Owners, Converters, Recyclers, and EOMs. Furthermore, we extend our deepest appreciation to Citeo for their warm hospitality and for generously sharing their advanced sorting capabilities with us.” - Antonello Ciotti, President at PETCORE EUROPE.

Looking Forward: Stay tuned for exciting updates on our Annual Conference 2026, and we encourage you to check our website for more information in the coming months. We are eager to continue building on the momentum of this event and would greatly appreciate any suggestions or feedback you may have. Your insights will help us ensure that we continue delivering valuable, impactful events in the future.

"The thermoforming event in Dijon provided an excellent opportunity to showcase the efforts made by our members towards enhancing the circularity of PET thermoforming packaging. We are extremely proud of the progress achieved so far and excited about the positive trends and expectations for the future. However, we acknowledge the challenges that lie ahead, particularly in the areas of collection and sorting, which we currently see as the biggest hurdles." - Jose Antonio Alarcon, Technical Manager at PETCORE EUROPE.

Thank you once again for being part of this incredible journey. We are excited about the challenges and opportunities ahead and look forward to working together to shape the future of circularity in our industry.

RECORDING List of the attendees

Moderated by Antonello Ciotti (PETCORE EUROPE)

09:00 09:05 Introduction & Welcome & SLIDO introduction by Antonello Ciotti & Roberto Bertaggia - PETCORE EUROPE

09:05 09:20 Recycling of Trays: EU vision and policies by Mihkel Krusberg - European Commission

09:20 09:25 Q&A with Mihkel Krusberg

09:25 09:40 Sponsors of the conference - Claudio Navone from AMUT & Oleaga Gonzalo from Evertis & Alessandra Funcia from SUKANO & Andrea Villa from Sorema Previero & Michael Hofmann from HYDRODYN & Nathanael Lortie from Eagle Vizion

Moderated by Raphael Jaumotte (PETCORE EUROPE)

09:40 09:55 PET Tray recycling in France: a way to make it possible from collection to recycling by Juliette Beaulieu - CITEO

09:55 10:10 PET trays waste management: insights from Belgium and European collaboration by Manon Marlier - Plarebel

10:10 10:25 Thermorforms Collection & recycling outlook by Matt Tudball - ICIS

10:25 10:40 Thermorforms Market outlook by Matthew Clough - Argus Media

10:40 10:55 Converters and PPWR: how to deal with future obligations? by Anne Flore Jacob – Danone

10:55 11:10 Recyclers engagement by Sébastien Malangeau - SRP

11:10 11:15 Slido Review for session 1

11:15 11:30 Q&A with Matt Tudball & Matthew Clough & Manon Marlier & Juliette BEAULIEU & Sébastien Malangeau & Anne Flore Jacob

11:30 11:45 Coffee Break

Moderated by Argiris Dabanlis (PETCORE EUROPE)

11:45 12:00 Thermoforms regulatory updates by Leonor Garcia - E&ACT

12:00 12:15 Standartization updates by Vincent Colard (remotely) / Sergio Collado - Citeo & Sulayr

12:15 12:30 Recyclability scoring and impacts by Vincent Colard (remotely) - Citeo

12:30 12:45 TCEP: the importance of the testing protocols on standardization by Argiris Dabanlis - PETCORE EUROPE

12:45 13:00 Towards a new laboratory protocol for testing the delamination of PET trays by Vanessa Gutiérrez Aragonés - Aimplas

13:00 13:05 Slido Review for session 2

13:05 13:35 Panel discussion with Leonor Garcia & Sergio Collado & Argiris Dabanlis & Vanessa Gutiérrez Aragonés & Vincent Colard & Samuel Pardo & Michael Lindholt & Sébastien Ricard

13:35 14:20 Lunch

Moderated by Samuel Pardo (KP Films)

14:20 14:30 General Presentation of Working group activities by Samuel Pardo & Jose Antonio Alarcon - KP Films & PETCORE EUROPE

14:30 14:50 Advances in washing technologies by Michael Hofmann - Hydrodyn

14:50 15:10 Optical Sorting of PET Trays: state of the Art by Antoine BOURELY - Pellenc ST

15:10 15:20 Recycling Technologies TF update by Michael Karner - Starlinger

15:20 15:35 Cooperation project on Recyclable Multilayer food trays by Nikolas Wolf - Krones

15:35 15:45 Panel discussion with Samuel Pardo & Jose Antonio Alarcon & Antoine BOURELY & Michael Karner & Michael Hoffman & Nikolas Wolf

15:45 16:00 Coffee Break

Moderated by Jose Antonio Alarcon (PETCORE EUROPE)

16:00 16:05 Food contact TF by Samuel Pardo - KP Films

16:05 16:20 Methodology and criteria for characterizing the percentage of non-food packaging in post-consumer PET thermoform bales by Manica Ulcnik-Krump - Interzero

16:20 16:30 Communication updates by José Queipo - Ecosense Foundation

16:30 16:40 Functional Barrier Updates by Jose Antonio Alarcon - PETCORE EUROPE

16:40 16:55 The importance of data to our business by Ludwig Coenen - KOR

16:55 17:05 Panel discussion with Samuel Pardo & Jose Antonio Alarcon & Ludwig Coenen & Fabian Storz & José Queipo & Manica Ulcnik-Krump

17:05 17:10 Slido Review for session 3

17:10 17:15 Wrapping-up & Closure & Final SURVEY by Antonello Ciotti - PETCORE EUROPE

17:15 17:45 AGM (Hybrid) - Functional Barrier moderated by Jose Antonio Alarcon - PETCORE EUROPE